Clinical, Environmental, and Serologic Surveillance Studies of Melioidosis in Gabon, 2012–2013
W. Joost Wiersinga
1 , Emma Birnie
1, Tassili A.F. Weehuizen, Abraham S. Alabi, Michaëla A.M. Huson, Robert A. G. Huis in ’t Veld, Harry K. Mabala, Gregoire K. Adzoda, Yannick Raczynski-Henk, Meral Esen, Bertrand Lell, Peter G. Kremsner, Caroline E. Visser, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Sharon J. Peacock, Arie van der Ende, Direk Limmathurotsakul, and Martin P. Grobusch
Author affiliations: University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (W.J. Wiersinga, E. Birnie, T.A.F. Weehuizen, M.A.M. Huson, R.A.G. in ’t Veld, C.E. Visser, A. van der Ende, M.P. Grobusch); Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon (A.S. Alabi, H.K. Mabala, G.K. Adzoda, M. Esen, B. Lell, P.G. Kremsner, M.P. Grobusch); Ex-Situ Silex Geoarchaeology, Leiden, the Netherlands (Y. Raczynski-Henk); University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany (M. Esen, B. Lell, P.G. Kremsner, M.P. Grobusch); Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand (V. Wuthiekanun, D. Limmathurotsakul); University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK (S.J. Peacock)
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Figure 1. Environmental survey. A) Gabon, showing location of the 8 sites from which soil was sampled to test for the presence of B. pseudomallei, July 2012–September 2012. B) Soil sampling site no. H, a rice field near Mouila village.
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